How a first draft is like an infatuation:
- I'm happiest when I'm with it.
- I daydream about it when we're not together.
- I feel jealous of time spent on anything else.
- It's handsome, intelligent and witty.
- When I catch glimpses of its flaws, I rationalize them.
- What few problems it has, I know I can fix.
- I feel giddy when I talk about it.
- I'm wretched and pouty when we don't get along.
- I want everyone else to love it as much as I do (and I assume they will).
- I'm certain this is the one.
- I imagine our future together: cover art, book signings, the series.
I'll know it's true love if my heart still races during the twelfth rewrite.
21 comments:
LOL! You're hysterical. But it's all so true! :0) It's eerie how tru this is.
You've described it to a tee! (Will my parents like it when I bring it home for dinner?)
LOL, it's just like young love. I feel giddy about my wip. Need to keep the momentum going, but it's playing hard to get right now! ;)
Ha! Forsaking all others and anxious when apart, as well?
This is so perfect!! I LOVE it! True, true, true :)
THIS is made of awesome!
I heart this post!!
Clever and it rings true!
Covers it all! That's the way it really is.
12th rewrite. That's funny and true.
This is brilliant (hilarious picture!). My NaNo novel is going through a series of ups and downs (currently a down) and a twelfth rewrite is looking very, very far away indeed...
Awwww! I love that analogy. Great post.
Thanks for stopping by, bloggy pals. (B--I had one of those down days myself; not feeling very infatuated at the moment!)
I love this. I am absolutely in this place right now with my own first draft. Really had to laugh.
Ha ha ha ha ha! Made my night!
This was hilarious but pretty much the way I feel when it's going well....when it's not--we're talking break-up!
Oh, this is so awesome! First drafts are like romances, aren't they? Some of mine (the drafts, I mean) are all about infatuation, hearts, and butterflies, but others. . . Well, not so much.
Haha, fabulous! And so true, really.
LOL!
Oh, sigh, I'm ready to romance another manuscript, but I haven't dated the plot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q&feature=relmfu
This one's for you. If it doesn't work search for Simon's cat man do, over at YouTube. :)
GPD: This is so funny! Thanks for the link. This guy definitely knows cats. :)
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